Consultants are significantly cheaper to start with, I think. I can't afford someone full time.
If I can't do something then I go to Butch. Have him train me once and I go from there. He is my back up in case I'm stuck at some point. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote: > roflol > > I'm glad I'm not the only one that does silly things from time to time! > > Having said that let me drift this conversation a little bit. > > What are the reasons to use a consultant? > > For me it's mainly two fold. > > 1: I can hire the best in the field. I'm not stuck with what talents I've > got. I'm also not stuck with someone that needs to know a lot about a lot > of things. A consultant will often be a specialist in a fairly narrow > field. ex: I can't tell you how to handle routing, but if you want to take > radios, routers, servers etc. and combine those with some hard work and a > potential customer base I can help you turn that into cashflow and, usually, > profit. > > 2: Having access to more than one expert. If I had taken the time to learn > servers, routers etc. or if I'd have hired a guy who's main, or even only, > job it is to take care of those devices I'd be beholden to that one person. > If they quit, got fired, died or whatever I'd be stuck for however long it > took to find a replacement and train the new guy. With a consultant it's > not much more complicated than picking up the phone and calling another > consultant. > > Having said that I use Butch a lot. He's busy so the rest of you guys go > find your own expert! grin Personally I don't know anyone that does as > good of a job of working on the devices and has the patience to deal with my > ignorance of that part of my business. > > The great part of it is that I *can* pick up the phone and call any of 3 or > 4 others that also know how to do what Butch does for me. My choice today > is to use Butch, but it's certainly nice to know I have options. It's up to > Butch to make sure I never feel the need to develop a relationship with > anyone else. > > How do others look at in-house vs. consultant workers? > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Belton" <b...@belwave.com> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OFFLIST: Re: Mikrotik User Meeting > > >>I agree with Josh's comment. Butch has been the first and last MikroTik >> consultant we've needed. >> >> Best, >> >> >> Brad >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Alan Bryant >> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:16 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] OFFLIST: Re: Mikrotik User Meeting >> >> I second Butch as a personal recommendation. We haven't had to use him >> much, but he has always had great recommendations for questions I have >> asked on the list as well as questions I wanted to ask and someone >> else beat me to it. >> >> Also, his QOS script for RouterOS is pretty good as well! >> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Josh Luthman >> <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: >>> I do see Butch's point. Need to relax on the wording. >>> >>> My personal recommendation is to use Butch as he is the first and last >>> consultant I have needed. >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2010 7:49 PM, <lakel...@gbcx.net> wrote: >>> >>> Ooooppppssss! >>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Butch Evans <but...@butchevans.com> >>> Sender: wireless-boun...@wispa... >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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